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LUCY BROAD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 64,066, dated 4231:!! 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CON CERN Be it known that I, LUCY BROAD, of SaintLouis, in Athe county of Saint Louis, and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful improvement in Ghildrens Toys g and I dohereby declarethat the following is a full and clear descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andato theletterseoi` reference marked thereon.

The nature of this invention is to place two or more toy sulkies cn acircular plain actuated by invisible machinery, motion being transmittedto the same by a crank, which is turned by hand.

The object of this invention is to `produce a toy of amusing appearance,and of such simplicity as to be operated by any child.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan of the improved toy,showing the position of the figures and track.

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe same; and

Figure 3 is a central sectional elevation.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved toy, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. n

A is a bed-plate on which the whole arrangement is formed, the saidplate supported by legs c. On the plate A is constructed a drum, B, ofsuicient capacity to holdV all the machinery requisite for the workingof the toy. This drum may be of tin or any sheet metal. On the top ofthe drum I3 is placed a lat circular plate, C, that forms the track uponwhich the figures C* C2 are to be moved; these figures may be of horsesattached to sulkies, in which men are seated for drivers, or any similarfigures. In thesurface of C is out an annular orifice, through whichpasses a post or conductor, b, to one vend of the lever al, and madefast to the same. The leveral is riveted at the other end to a coggedwheel, D; from which the lever receives its motion. The cogged wheel Dis placed on a vertical stand, e, i-n the centro of the drnm'B,-`andheld in place by means of a bolt attached to the post. A1, passingthrough the wheel D, and screwed in the stand e., thus securing it inplace. There is a shoulder cut on the upper end of the stand e, (notshown,) the thickness of the wheel I), for the admission of the same,thereby preventing the screw Al `from wedging or making the wheel D sotight as not to allow proper play on the stand. The screw Al is alsoemployed to hold the inner circular part ot' the .surfaceplace C eutfrom the main surface bythe orifice b. The wheel D is actuated by meansofV another eoggcd wheel, D1, secured to one end of the shaft E, thesaid shaft having proper bearings, say at b2 Il", and operated by thehand-crank El. Through the medium of the shaft E the cogged wheel'l)l(which is properly geared in'm the other wheel D, as shown in thedrawings) and the wheel D transmit motion to the lever al, to which thecon ductor b is made fast, and cause the figures Cl C2 to more in theircircular path. This toy would be highly appreciated by children from thenovelty of the unseen machinery applying power to the figures on thesurface, giving the whole arrangement the appearance cfa racc-truck.'lherc is a spring el under the plate C, striking against a cog-work soconstructed as to ring-the bell Bl at certainintervals. '.lhe .saidcog-work consists of 'two cogged wheelsd di lying parallel to the coggedwheel D. The wheel (Z1 is operated by means of a lug, ai, projectingfrom the` wheel D. The wheel CZ has a lug, e, attached to its top side,by the means of which the bell B1 is made to ring, there being a spring,e, fastened to the under side of the surface-plate C, und the other endplacedin such a 'manner as to strike against the lug e, there beingastring or wire, ci, fastened to the end that strikes the said lug; thusas thclug strikes the spring el, it agitatesthe wire or string, causingthe bell Bl to ring. The said bell is suspended from a beam, B2, havinga thin end to act as a spring. The beam l?2 pirated to the post A* at5c; vthe bell B1 is riveted to the springing end, and the wire orstringis tied to the other end. As will be easilyseen, a very slight jaror touch of the spring el will cause the bell Bl to ring. i

Having described myvinvcntion, what I claim, is-

The combination of the figures Cl Ci wit-l1 the circular plate orrace-trockO, and with the actuating machinery, as described and setforth.

I also claim the bell Bl, in combination with the other parts, asdescribed and set fort-h.

LUCY BROAD.

Witnesses:

Criss. H. Borne, S. M. RANDOLPH.

